A new episode of Canadian bunko squad and a conference of platitude

Lockheed continues their misleading marketing effort in Canada. Here are some of the briefing quotes. Oversimplified and pure marketing.

The F-35 is the only choice for the Royal Canadian Air Force's next generation fighter," said Billie Flynn, F-35 test pilot

Steve O'Bryan from Lockheed Martin said prices of F-35 "rapidly dropping" and will continue to over next five years leading up to Canada's procurement of the jets.

O'Bryan said there is eight million lines of code on F-35 = eight times the computer software capability than other planes. Uses C++ software.

The F-35 program has already identified over 200 projects identified in Canada, resulting in over $450 million in contracts to Canadian companies.

F-35As is the model Canada is looking at. O'Bryan said the A-model has been air tested to have 9Gs --"significantly more" than other military jets currently in Canada's fleet.

Lockheed Martin will continue to deliver F-35s to Netherlands this year. (LOL. They will be parked)

Flynn: "If you don't have stealth - you can't do your job - and you won't be able to, decades from now. You can't retrofit stealth."

Flynn said it's wise to hide weapons on the inside on the F-35 otherwise, it "makes you become a lighthouse for everyone to see."

Also:

Steve O’Bryan, Lockheed’s vice-president for the F-35 program, said just 18 months ago that Canada would pay $65 million per plane. Now, O’Bryan tells CBC News the price is $85 million.

And even that price would be roll-away without a motor and some other things.


While back in the states, we have a Defense conference of pure platitude. The Navy has decided to park carriers, air wings, and, all kinds of other ships and capability.

But some how this conference reported by AOL is deemed necessary. When, it really isn't. A representative of the United States Marketing Corps and the Navy have this to say about the F-35:

"There's no alternative for the United States Marine Corps to the F-35B," Commandant Gen. James Amos said at the opening session of the Navy League's annual Sea-Air-Space conference. "I want to make that crystal clear to everybody in the audience." All the great aircraft of the past have gone through teething troubles in development, said Amos, a pilot himself.

"Speaking for the Navy," added the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, "I need the fifth-generation fighter, and that [F-35] provides it, so we're all in -- but it has to perform. It has problems; it is making progress."

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